/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 GeoScheduler Team, as stated on <http://www.geoscheduler.org/authors>.
 * 
 * This file is part of GeoScheduler.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * GeoScheduler is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with GeoScheduler. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.geoscheduler.security.authorize;

import org.geoscheduler.model.Token;
import org.json.JSONException;

/**
 * Authorizer interface - implementation is used to authorize incoming request.
 *
 * @author srakyi
 */
public interface Authorizer {
	
	/**
	 * Checks whether given Authorizer implementation is applicable to this header type.
	 * 
	 * @param auth	Content of "Authorization" header.
	 * @return	true/false
	 */
	public boolean isApplicableTo(String auth);
	
	/**
	 * Authorizes given data request.
	 * 
	 * @param auth	Content of "Authorization" header.
	 * @param data	Data we're computing authorization on.
	 * 
	 * @throws JSONException
	 */
	public Token authorize(String auth, Object data) throws JSONException;
}
